3rd June 2009
Simon Cann at Noise Sculpture has announced the release of his new book, "Becoming a Synthesizer Wizard: From Presets to Power User" (published by Course Technology PTR, ISBN: 978-1598635508), along with its companion, a free VST instrument plug-in for Windows: SynthWiz Simple Synth.
SynthWiz Simple Synth has been designed to illustrate some of the concepts in the "Becoming a Synthesizer Wizard: From Presets to Power User" book. The synthesizer is available to download for free (i.e. you don't need to buy the book to get the synth).
The synthesizer has been specifically designed to be a straightforward synthesizer with a limited set of features (one oscillator, one low-pass filter, one envelope to control the filter cut-off, and one envelope to control the volume). SynthWiz Simple Synth isn't a synthesizer you are likely to use everyday, instead it has two specific purposes:
You can read more about the book (and check out the introductory video) here.
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